1 hour ago, Changing Times said:

Aye, a win and a couple of goals is what we're after. No reason why we can't either. We aren't a bad team, we just have games where we are ineffective.

I mean there’s every chance Millwall get beat by Norwich and we beat Swansea and everything goes back to how it was 😂

6 minutes ago, LinoJo3 said:

I mean there’s every chance Millwall get beat by Norwich and we beat Swansea and everything goes back to how it was 😂

Aye, well, other than Ipswich as they now have two games in hand on us. If they dropped points though...

1 hour ago, LinoJo3 said:

I mean there’s every chance Millwall get beat by Norwich and we beat Swansea and everything goes back to how it was 😂

Yep, it’s the sort of thing we do. Follow up a fantastic result with a poor or lacklustre display and lose.

It’s all about whether us, you or Ipswich can handle the pressure of staying 2nd or getting 2nd.

Of the three I think there’s more chance of Boro and Ipswich handling the pressure better than us.

I expect normal service to be resumed by Monday night when we are back in 4th place.

17 minutes ago, MillwallFan said:

Yep, it’s the sort of thing we do. Follow up a fantastic result with a poor or lacklustre display and lose.

It’s all about whether us, you or Ipswich can handle the pressure of staying 2nd or getting 2nd.

Of the three I think there’s more chance of Boro and Ipswich handling the pressure better than us.

I expect normal service to be resumed by Monday night when we are back in 4th place.

Well we’ve handled the pressure terribly so far so I’m not sure 😂

14 hours ago, TeaCider24 said:

As ever when this is suggested, just no, it makes absolutely no sense.

Yesterday was the first time the stadium has even been close to full since Boxing Day, and we'd have virtually full stadiums every week in the Premier League even if we were doing a Derby.

Our last time up, we had a higher attendance in our final miserable already relegated home game than we have in 3/4s of our home games this season.

Clubs haemorrhage money in the Championship, no owner wants their club to avoid promotion, the Championship is an absolute money sink, the only place you can occasionally make a profit is the Premier League, and even then it's a rarity.

I think what you're saying is more than likely true, but do we have any figures on what the average losses Boro have had in the Championship compared to the Premier League in the past?

10 hours ago, LinoJo3 said:

I mean there’s every chance Millwall get beat by Norwich and we beat Swansea and everything goes back to how it was 😂

Unfortunately, if we are being honest with ourselves, the opposite is more likely, we can only hope.

The horrible thing about this one is brum and Norwich are more than capable of giving us get out of jail free card which we probably won’t take and draw. I can’t see where the goals will come from to kill this one off, probably a 1-1 draw written all over it unless Swansea decide they can’t be bothered as seasons over then 1-0 maybe.

I think we want derby to lose or draw and Wrexham/soton to draw cement the playoff position currently I think more chance of us dropping out than getting second unless we start finding goals. I would drop Strelec and chuck Ibeh in as a let’s see, if he can get goals then might be temporary solution we need.

10 hours ago, LinoJo3 said:

I mean there’s every chance Millwall get beat by Norwich and we beat Swansea and everything goes back to how it was 😂

You just know that thats what's going to happen. Then we'll bugger it up by losing to shef wed...

50 minutes ago, boro-unger said:

You just know that thats what's going to happen. Then we'll bugger it up by losing to shef wed...

It seems that we are forgetting that Swansea will have a say in this game we must not assume we will beat them especially at their gaff (for the reading Millwall fans)

Swans 2-0 Boro

I still have very little worries on Millwall...even more so after watching them against us. If they continue to defend like they did for large portions of the game against us, then they are only going to make it very very difficult to win games as their defending at times was laughable.

They gave us so many opportunities, but our lack of cutting edge put the game to bed, especially in that first half.

It is Ipswich who I worry about the most. Our lack of form just means that Ipswich don't even need to hit the turbo boost, to finish 2nd. They can be fairly average and should finish 2nd.

The game at Portman road is very likely going to be one that we need to win to continue our top 2 hopes.

A defeat tomorrow or even a draw will just give Ipswich even more room for error.

14 minutes ago, Marvanelli said:

I still have very little worries on Millwall...even more so after watching them against us. If they continue to defend like they did for large portions of the game against us, then they are only going to make it very very difficult to win games as their defending at times was laughable.

They gave us so many opportunities, but our lack of cutting edge put the game to bed, especially in that first half.

It is Ipswich who I worry about the most. Our lack of form just means that Ipswich don't even need to hit the turbo boost, to finish 2nd. They can be fairly average and should finish 2nd.

The game at Portman road is very likely going to be one that we need to win to continue our top 2 hopes.

A defeat tomorrow or even a draw will just give Ipswich even more room for error.

Everyone keeps writing Millwall off but they are second. That might be biggest problem nobody is taking Millwall seriously until it’s 2 games left and still there or still with chance of doing it. I think nobody aside from Coventry has been great and would ordinarily get second just this season a lot of teams below average compared to regular championship season.

10 hours ago, MillwallFan said:

Yep, it’s the sort of thing we do. Follow up a fantastic result with a poor or lacklustre display and lose.

It’s all about whether us, you or Ipswich can handle the pressure of staying 2nd or getting 2nd.

Of the three I think there’s more chance of Boro and Ipswich handling the pressure better than us.

I expect normal service to be resumed by Monday night when we are back in 4th place.

Honestly, if I were a betting man, my money would be on Ipswich...unbeaten in their last 6 with 2 games in hand.

If we can't figure out a way to start converting more of our chances, I could easily see us finishing 4th. That Friday game was fairly typical of how we've been for the last several games. Dominating the first 45 and creating several good chances, (wasting them more often than not), then fading in the second.

Anyway, best of luck for the rest of the season...

10 hours ago, Micksyd said:

I think what you're saying is more than likely true, but do we have any figures on what the average losses Boro have had in the Championship compared to the Premier League in the past?

If half your team is Travelling to opposite ends of the globe for meaningless friendly's I know when I went to Mexico I seemed to be travelling Forever and was completely wasted for a couple of days EACH WAY I'm sure that effects Players too in the same way

1 hour ago, boro-unger said:

You just know that thats what's going to happen. Then we'll bugger it up by losing to shef wed...

That would be peak "Typical Boro" 😆

47 minutes ago, Downsouth said:

It seems that we are forgetting that Swansea will have a say in this game we must not assume we will beat them especially at their gaff (for the reading Millwall fans)

Historically we don't have a good record at their place. According to the 11v11 site, our record is W8 D7 L15 in all competitions.

Their recent form isn't great...but then neither is ours. On balance, given how we tend to have poor second halves, you do feel the Swans will have opportunities to grab at least a draw, if not a win.